In one of
his famous quotes, American author and leadership expert, John Maxwell enjoined leaders to “Always make others feel needed, important, and appreciated and they will
return same (gesture) to them”. The leadership of Golden Chance Lotto, one
of Nigeria’s leading lotto firms took the words of John Maxwell to heart as
they rewarded five of their principal agents who drew good sales and fortunes
to the company in year 2016. The lucky five got a week holiday trip to Dubai, the Capital City of the United Arab Emirate.

The Man who makes every one happy, Idowu Obasa, Chairman, Golden Chance Lotto

The reward
ceremony took place on Monday, October 24th, 2016 at the company’s
No 6, Afariogun Street, Ikeja-Lagos (South West Nigerian) office
witnessed the arrival of a conglomerate of agents from all parts of the country
to receive several incentives and packages for their extra-ordinary
achievements in the year; the rewards ranging from cheques (of various sums of
money) to travelling tickets excited the lucky winners. While some only got
cheques, others were lucky to get both cheques and travelling tickets. All the
mouth watering incentives are part of Golden Chance’s reward strategy for
customers.

To show how
transparentGolden Chance’s reward
system is, the winners took their seat among many other agents in the early
hour of the day and by 11 am, they were all driven to the Murthala Mohammed International Airport—Ikeja where they boarded a Qatar Air flight to Dubai
for a week holiday with their spouses. The lucky agents are Mr.
Oluwafemi James Adejuwon of Scooba
Agency, (Lagos) with Mr. Raji Murthala (Oshogbo Agency) Mr.
Adeniran Ismaeel (Ibadan Agency), BabaNana (Ibadan Agency) and
Mr. Abiodun
Ogun (Golden Chance Lotto)

In his
opening remarks, Mr. Idowu Obasa who regretted the fact that the crowd of agents
was less of women and more of men said the event was strictly to enable him
have a prep talk with the Best 5 Agents who won themselves a trip to Dubai and equally donate gifts to others.
Obasa
said his company’s General Reward System (GRS) is targeted at Principal agents
who have earned between N120 Million Naira and N80 Million for the company in
the first and second quarter of the year. He said this was not the first time
the company will reward staff/customers/agents with such a
value-added-trip.“This event is part of our general reward system for agents who have
proved their mettles in Golden Chance. You all are here because you are the
best agents. Some have gone on this trip in the past, some are going today and
if you decide to work hard and sell more in your area, you could be among the
next best 5 in year 2017”.Obasa assured his guests.

The Golden Chance Lotto Logo

The Golden Chance Rule…

Obasa an administration expert of four
decades who has managed several enterprises including media establishments says
his company’s policy is geared towards rewarding excellence through a sound
General Reward Mechanism (GRM) which measures sales success among agents from
cities to cities in the 6 geo-political zones of Nigeria. The Lotto business guru
recalled how some agents won trips to Dubai in the past but couldn’t make
the trip due to their inability to get their passports approved in time. He
charged them to always be prepared as reward could come to anyone at any time “Please, always obtain your passport in
advance. Tell all the agents to obtain their passports because our General
Reward Mechanism can reach you any time and you could make our Best 5 for the
next year”. For those who couldn’t travel during the previous batch, Obasa
converted their traveling expenses into cash and paid them in cheque.

The Golden
Chance boss further showed his sense of transparency and goodwill when
he equally gave a Mr. Adeniran Ismaeel who couldn’t travel with his wife during
an earlier opportunity his travelling expenses during the cheque presentation
segment. Obasa noted that Ismail who was to go for a lesser
Hajj in Saudi Arabia asked his wife to take the trip even though it was
meant for two of them.

Mr. Obasa charged other Agents to work harder
in order to get rewarded next year. He said the next reward opportunity might
go beyond a value-added trip to Dubai“Gentlemen, today you are going to Dubai to spend 7 days with your
spouses. But next time, it could be London, America or even Switzerland but you
must work hard to earn it”.

The lotto
guru shocked his listeners when he added “Next year, we will be giving away
houses as prizes”. A rousing applause greeted the statement. Obasa
who said his company’s passion at rewarding excellence is second to none told
the agents that such rewards could only be achieved if they could double their
efforts on earnings. “Look at it this
way, as business people; we will look at what you get. You have to achieve a
level of sales that will enable you to own a house. Today, the cost of a 2
bedroom apartment in Osborne Estate is N25 Million. We believe that if we
challenge you, you can achieve it”.

Mr. Idowu Obasa blesses an agent with a smile and a cheque

An agent gets Obasa's handshake and became blessed

Obasa's handshake of blessing

Obasa equally enjoined both the Principal
and Sub agents to get more terminals—the new odyssey mobile lotto machine used
by agents to enable customers play the game. “We have just brought a new branded technology from China, you can see
it (raised it up). The issue of no terminal is past. It is a thing of the past.
The issue is, ask for more terminals and make more sales in your area. If I
tell you bring N20 million sales per month, don’t tell me you can’t. Tell me
you want more terminals because the target has changed; the structure and
texture of the target has equally changed. We are going to give you target
based on sales. This new terminals comes with 2 batteries which enables you to
use one while charging the other. Please, use them with a sense of
responsibility”

Mr. Idowu Obasa hands over all Best Agent, Mr. Oluwafemi James Adejuwon aka SCOOBA his traveling document to Dubai

Mr. Idowu Obasa and his team

Mr. Idowu Obasa hands traveling document to another agent

The Lucky People with the Lucky Lotto Company

Don’t disappear into Dubai…

Mr. Idowu Obasa turned to the lucky five who won a
week holiday to Dubai and gave them
what looked like a homily “Today, you are
travelling to Dubai because you made honors in Nigeria, you achieved success
here. You have already passed the level of going to Dubai and disappear. If you
do, it won’t make a sense because you have already made success here. Among
Arabs, there is discrimination between black Arabs and the white ones; your
best bet is to stay here. Here, we treat you as human beings but over there,
you are treated as animals. Anything you are going to do there, you are
starting all over again but here, you are already established”. He didn’t
stop “I want you to go to Dubai and enjoy
yourself thoroughly. It is a holiday, enjoy it. Please, don’t bring any gift
for anybody. Not even me. Don’t buy anything for anybody in Golden Chance, you go there and enjoy
yourself totally. Go to the Safari, go on boat ride and enjoy yourself
thoroughly; so that when you come back, you come back with a new resolve to
improve and be part of those who will win 2 bed room flats next year”.

Head of Marketing, Golden Chance Lotto, Mrs. Akinbiyi in last minute strategy with her MD, Mr Charles. Arthur

Idowu Obasa honors an elderly agent

'You are blessed' Obasa says to this agent

Mr. Idowu Obasa blesses more agents

A winning Agent with Mr. Idowu Obasa

Accolade galore for winners…

Those who know
Mr.
Idowu Obasa describes him as a leader who understand leadership better
by giving kudos to his team for efforts done by them no matter how little. The
lotto business guru appears to enjoy giving kudos to his men whenever the
opportunity arrives. He did it simultaneously with his assignment of dolling
out cheques.He began with Mr.
Oluwafemi JamesAdejuwon aka SCOOBA, the overall best Agent in Lagos State. Obasa described SCOOBA
as ‘a very unique and dynamic entrepreneur’. Obasa recalled how the SCOOBA
Agent boss started with the company as a ‘starter’ couple of years back and how
he eventually grew to a big brand. “SCOOBA
is a leader because through him we have others who sprang and made success.
That is how to know a leader. He is going to Dubai this time around but I can
tell you that he has incentives for several feats he won in the past. He is a
very, very, hardworking man. He has kept his mettle burning for long and I know
he has more to deliver”.

The next man
that got kudos from the chairman was Mr. Raji Murthala who won the number
2 over all best for the privileged holiday. Obasa noted that Mr.
Raji who is from Oshogbo is going to Dubai for the 2nd time
in two years and encouraged other agents to emulate him in terms of vision and
strategy.

When it came
to the turn of Mr. Ismaeel the 3rd over all best, Obasa gave a
brief history of Golden Chance’s entry into Africa’s largest city, Ibadan. “Golden Chance did not bring Lotto to Ibadan but we established lotto business in Ibadan. A Lebanese man
was the first to open a Lotto shop in Ibadan but the Lebanese man later sold
his property to us. We entered Ibadan with 200 motor cycles and changed the way
the business was practiced, today we have success stories to tell”.Ismaeel’sIbadan center recently produced two
civil servants who jointly won N15 Million jackpot.

When it was
time for him to recognize another agent of the company, a Ghanaian called Baba
Nana Debras who is the 4th winner of the trip, Obasa
eulogized the ebony colored Principal agent for his administrative prowess “Iwe ko l’ogbon” (Education is not
sense) Obasa noted before speaking further on Debras’ winning strides “Baba Nana does not have a Ph-D. With all my
qualifications, I still respect his organizational ability in this business. I
have secured several degrees and up to this age I am still reading. By this
December, I will be graduating from my 4th university and I am going
to keep graduating till I die”.

The Golden
Chance Lotto boss says Baba Nana is gifted with organizational
dexterity “He has offices all over his
area (Ibadan) and he coordinates them all. He is a Master of Business
Administration, if he is not one, he will not be standing here. If he was in
America, he would be teaching what we call ‘Practical Business’ in a business
school and people like us will be sitting down and asking him questions”.

Another star
Agents that drew the attention of the Golden Chance Chairman was Adedeji
Abdulrasheed aka Pele from Oyo zone. Obasa described Pele as
an excellent agent who has brought lots of fortunes and glory to Golden Chance
Lotto. Obasa noted that the Oyo center
has always complemented Ibadan as Ibadan can never close shop until Oyo
remits sales”. Obasa shared the story of how two civil servants recently won
N7 million and N8 million respectively in Ibadan/Oyo centers and were paid
promptly.

A winner being honored with his cheque

Mr. Idowu Obasa congratulates a lucky winner

An agent giving a testimony on Ibadan success

Why Golden Chance pays promptly…

Speaking on
the victory of Oyo and Ibadan center, Obasa noted that the greatest strength
of Golden
Chance Lotto is her ability to pay winnings promptly within 24 hours. “We are committed to our instant payment
program. We pay promptly because we don’t believe in delaying people’s
winnings, no matter the amount you pay, we pay within one hour. If it is a
heavy winning, we do 24 hours time frame and that enable winners to stake
again”.

He buttressed
his point with the story of the 2 Civil Servants who won N15million Naira in
Ibadan/Oyo center. The Golden Chance boss said even though they were willing to
come and share their story at the event but he declined “If they come here and share their story, their establishment may sack
them. I mean, in this economically perilous times, someone won N8million and
the other won N7 million and you now announced them to the world. It could
arouse jealousy and that was why I decided to protect their identity”

The Golden People with Mr. Idowu Obasa

Golden Chance Management with some agents

Mr. Idowu Obasa with the winners and others

Mr. Idowu Obasa with a group of Agents And Staff of Golden Chance

How Golden Chance paid Civil Servants
who won N15 Million!

Mr. Adedeji
Abdulrasheed aka
Pele whose terminal with Ismaeel’s Ibadan center produced the civil servant
millionaires shared his story with the gathering “I was enjoying myself at a recreational center in Ibadan when my sub-agent
called to inform me that we had two winnings of N15 million. I first taught it
was a fraud. But when I found out it turned out to be true and in line with my
company’s policy, our overall boss said we should pay them instantly. He said
we should not take any gratification from them but pay quickly. I asked for
their account numbers and they gave us and we paid” Mr. Obasa used the Oyo/Ibadan example to encourage other across
the country to key into the Instant Payment Policy of Golden Chance“You must be honorable in this business.
Don’t sabotage our efforts. Make sure you pay instantly. Don’t use people’s
money to do business, pay them and save your business. That is why we are
Golden Chance. We have the power to pay instant winnings”

Other Agents
who were rewarded with several monetary package included Olu-Omo
(Ikeja)Salaudeen Nurudeen and Bello Muyiwa (Kogi State) K-Master (Meiran),
Foluso Adu and Daniel Williams (Epe), Raji Taoheed Sijuade (Oshogbo), Samuel
Kwaku, . There were also Umana Aniekan from Okokomaiko and Anthwill Bernard
from Seme, Ojukwu Opong and Sope Sijuade from Makurdi.

Obasa praised Sope Sijuade’s effontery at
breaking into the Makurdi—Benue State market by printing leaflets and opening
new offices in Ankpa. He noted that Sope
took the decision on a solo ground without informing management and when he was
asked why he took the risk he simply responded by saying “I wanted to try and
see if it will work”. He encouraged old and new officers to break into new
regions.

Other agents
who got rewarded for their successes are Victor Adoyi of Ile-Epo-Abule-Egba and
Agbado area of Lagos. Soyinka Olubunmi, Usman Johnson and Alabi Oluwole from
Surulere area of Lagos. Robertson Anenih
aka ‘Teacher islotto, lotto is teacher’ who came all the way from Ekiti State got
his reward with his counterpart, Segun Anjorin.

One of those who equally got the Chairman’s
kudos is Bayo Oladele whom he described as a former football mate “He is one of the people I love to criticize
because we used to play football at the police college in those days. That is
where we picked him from. In those days, Bayo will remove his shirt and fight
anybody but today he has abandoned his football attitude. He is now running his
business and able to employ people and pay them. And he is quite intelligent,
he has some managerial skills you will find very useful. He was the one who
drew our attention to a particular brand of generator which helps to conserve
fuel usage”.

Obasa
finally enjoined Golden Chance Lotto’s Principal agents to work hard at making
more earnings and as well encourage their Sub-Agents to work harder as well “Sub-Agents are your employers and you are
their bosses. Sub-Agents are outside the company and you are inside the
company. This company is ready to support you and you must be ready to
professionalize your job”.

Mr. Oluwafemi James Adejuwon aka SCOOBA (L) with one of his sub agents at the event

Chairman, Golden Chance Lotto, Mr. Idowu Obasa speaks with the GDA

MD, Golden Chance Lotto, Mr. Charles Arthur speaks with the GDA

Final Remarks…

Speaking on
behalf of the 5 Best of Golden Chance Lotto, Oluwafemi James Adejuwon
aka SCOOBA gave kudos to the company for noticing their efforts and rewarding
same “I feel so good because the journey
is not easy. It is a journey of many years. Golden Chance has always been like this, as a company and a family;
Golden Chance has a human face. They
have promised to do this for us for a very long time, to reward our creativity at
work and today the company fulfilled that promise. In fact, they wanted to do
more than this but the economy is ill at the moment, however, it was finally
fulfilled and we are all happy for it. We must appreciate the company’s sense
of fulfillment. So, I am very happy that I and my colleagues are travelling
right now. I mean, with the situation of things in the country, we are in a
recession and yet a company can reward us this way, we must give kudos. I
advise my colleagues to work harder to enable us to keep the phase of ‘Best 5’
all the time”

One of the agents giving a close time prayer in Islamic Way

Mr. Idowu Obasa and his ebullient team give kudos to the Winners

Speaking on
behalf of Golden Chance Lotto, Mr. Charles Arthur the Managing Director of the top rated lotto company expressed his feelings to Asabeafrika “Yeah, I feel very great
because what Golden Chance is doing is a novel idea. No any other company is
doing it. So, as we are doing this (for our agents) I feel very proud.
Something nobody is doing, and we are doing it, I feel very great that we can
reward excellence in our own way”. “My advice for them is simple; my boss used
to tell me something; that the reward for hard work is more work. So, as they are
going to Dubai, I expect that when
they come back, they should work harder so that next time they will get
something more valuable than going to Dubai.
As my Chairman said, we are going to give out houses, lands and other things.
So, when they come back from Dubai, I
expect them to work harder so that they can achieve something more valuable
than this”